WATERTOWN, NY; November 29, 2022 – It’s our favorite time of the year, and all throughout the month of December, the WPBS broadcast schedule is packed with seasonal music, documentary and drama programming, including:
Thursday, December 1
3:00 pm, 7:00 pm – Rick Steves European Christmas
8:00 pm – Death in Paradise: Christmas 2021
10:30 pm – Vicar of Dibley: Christmas 2020
Friday, December 2
3:00 pm – Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas
7:00 pm – Sarah Brightman: Christmas Symphony
Saturday, December 3
2:00 pm – Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast
2:30 pm – Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Holiday Sweets
4:30 pm – Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas
6:00 pm – Lawrence Welk: Christmas Reunion
7:00 pm – Carol Burnett Show: Carol’s Favorites-Christmas
8:00 pm – Celtic Woman: Postcards from Ireland: Holiday Edition
10:00 pm – Downton Abbey: Season 6 Finale – Christmas
Sunday, December 4
1:30 pm – Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories
7:30 pm – All Creatures Great & Small: Perfect Christmas
Monday, December 5
8:00 pm – Santa School
Tuesday, December 6
3:00 pm – Death in Paradise: Christmas 2021
8:00 pm – Josh Turner: King Size Manger
9:00 pm – Spirit of Christmas w/Kevin Pauls & Friends
Thursday, December 8
8:00 pm – Death in Paradise 2021
10:30 pm – European Christmas Markets
Friday, December 9
9:00 pm – Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
10:00 pm – Christmas in Belmont
Saturday, December 10
12:00 pm – Ask This Old House: Happy Holidays
12:30 pm – P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Embracing Winter
1:00 pm – P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Deck the Halls
1:30 pm – Painting w/Wilson Bickford: Fetching the Tree
2:00 pm – Best of Joy of Painting: Christmas Eve Snow
2:30 pm – Fons & Porter: Stand-Out Stockings
3:00 pm – Best of Sewing w/Nancy: Sew Gifts
3:30 pm – Knit & Crochet Now: Holiday Stockings
4:00 pm – Craft in America: Holiday
5:30 pm – Carpenters: Christmas Memories
8:00 pm – Night Before Christmas Carol
10:00 pm – St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Sunday December 11
12 noon – Josh Turner: King Size Manger
1:00 pm – St. Olaf Christmas Festival
2:00 pm – Christmas at DePaul
3:00 pm – Celtic Thunder Christmas
4:00 pm – Crane Candlelight Concert: Peace & Love
7:00 pm – Purdue 88th Anniversary Christmas Show
Monday, December 12
7:30 pm – Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life
Tuesday, December 13
7:30 pm – All is Bright: A Concordia Christmas
8:00 pm – O Holy Night: Christmas w/Tabernacle Choir
Wednesday, December 14
7:30 pm – America’s Forests: The US Capitol Christmas Tree
Thursday, December 15
7:30 pm – Vicar of Dibley: Christmas 2020
10:30 pm – Christmas on the Danube
Friday, December 16
7:30 pm – Curious Traveler: Austrian Christmas Markets
9:00 pm – 20 Years of Christmas w/the Tabernacle Choir
Saturday, December 17
12 noon – Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: Christmas
12:30 pm – Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: Christmas Day
1:00 pm – America’s Test Kitchen: Eggs for the Holidays
1:30 pm – Chris Kimball’s Milk St. TV: Holiday Entertaining
2:00 pm – Cook’s Country: Holiday Roast & Potatoes
2:30 pm – Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast
3:00 pm – Jazzy Vegetarian: Holiday Brunch
3:30 pm – Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Holiday Sweets
4:00 pm – Chef’s Life Holiday Special
5:30 pm – Happy Holidays w/Bing Crosby
Sunday, December 18
10:30 am – Buttons: A Christmas Tale
7:00 pm – Repeat the Sounding Joy: A Concordia Christmas
Monday, December 19
1:30 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018
3:00 pm – Buttons: A Christmas Tale
4:30 pm – European Christmas Markets
7:30 pm – Young People’s Chorus of New York
8:00 pm – Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice
9:00 pm – Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas
Tuesday, December 20
1:30 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2019
4:00 pm – Hope College Christmas Vespers
7:30 pm – WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories
8:00 pm – Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
9:00 pm – Celebrate & Sing! Glory to the Newborn King
10:00 pm – Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas
Wednesday, December 21
1:30 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2020
3:00 pm – Santa School
4:00 pm – Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza
7:30 pm – Magic of Christmas in Alsace
Thursday, December 22
1:30 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021
3:00 pm – Repeat the Sounding Joy: Concordia Christmas
4:00 pm – O Holy Night: Christmas w/Tabernacle Choir
7:30 pm – Upstart Crow: Christmas 2020
10:30 pm – Magic of Christmas in Alsace
Friday, December 23
1:30 pm – All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
3:00 pm – Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
4:00 pm – Christmas at Belmont
7:30 pm – Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life
9:00 pm – Nutcracker & the Mouse King
Saturday, December 24
7:00 am – WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories
8:30 am – Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza
11:00 am – European Christmas Markets
11:30 am – Buttons: A Christmas Tale
5:30 pm – All is Bright: A Concordia Christmas
6:00 pm – Lawrence Welk: Christmas Reunion
7:00 pm – Carol Burnett Show: Carol’s Favorites-Christmas
8:00 pm – Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas
9:00 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021
10:30 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2020
Sunday, December 25
4:00 pm – Downton Abbey Season 6 Finale: Christmas
6:30 pm – Music & the Spoken Word Holiday Special
7:00 pm – Crane Candlelight Concert: Peace & Love
8:00 pm – All Creatures Great & Small: the Perfect Christmas
9:00 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022
10:30 pm – Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022
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